Tomer Or

Tomer Or

Personal information
Born 26 September 1978
Haifa
Weapon(s) Foil
Hand right-handed
Height 1.77 metres (5.8 ft)
Weight 79 kilograms (174 lb)
Club CE Melun Val de Seine
FIE Ranking current ranking

Tomer Or (Hebrew: תומר אור; born September 26, 1978) is an Israeli foil fencer.[1]

Early life and coaching career

Or is Jewish and was born in Haifa, Israel.[2][3]

Or received his coaching diploma from Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, in 2005.[4] He earned an LL.B. in Law and Business from the Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya.[4][5] He started his coaching career 2005 at the Haifa Fencing Club in Israel.[4] Since 2012 he is assistant coach at St John's University in New York.[6]

Fencing career

Or won the gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championship in Valencia, Venezuela, and the silver medal in 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico.[4]

He is a 10-time Israel Senior National Champion.[4] He won gold medals in Senior World Cups in Budapest (2002), Copenhagen (2005), Vancouver (2006), and Havana (2007).[4]

He fenced on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and came in 17th.[1][7]

At the 2009 World Fencing Championships, he advanced to the third round when his scheduled opponent, Mohammed Hussein Ibrahimi, failed to show up, part of a pattern of Iranians not showing up to face Israelis at the competition.[8]

In 2009, he won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in men's foil.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fencing – Tomer Or (Israel): season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  2. "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  3. "Tomer Or Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. August 13, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Tomer Or". Manhattan Fencing Center. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  5. "Tomer Or". Fie.ch. September 26, 1978. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  6. "Tomer Or". redstormsports.com.
  7. "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  8. Hipsh, Rami (October 13, 2011). "Fencing / Iran keeps up Israel boycott, forfeits again". Haaretz. Retrieved November 10, 2011.

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